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Pearson Cross, 2014 Election Politics (2014-11-10)
About this film
A speech by Dr. Pearson Cross before the Baton Rouge Press Club on November 10, 2014. Cross is a political science professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL). He discusses the results of the November 4 election and the political climate in the state, including: the factors leading to the Republicans taking control of Congress; the demographics of the new Congress; the state of Democrats in the South; the exits polls from the Senate election in Louisiana and the upcoming runoff between Bill Cassidy and Mary Landrieu; what to expect in the areas of immigration, foreign policy, tax reform, climate change, and presidential appointments and nominations; how Democrats can come back in the South; and the effects of Louisiana's primary system.
Directors & creators
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, The Press Club
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